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October 12, 2008

Mexican marijuana cartels sully US forests, parks (AP)

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In this photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Game, two five gallon backpack sprayers used to spray pesticides directly on the buds of marijuana plants to keep the insects down are shown on Monday, July 28, 2008 at Longmeadow Creek in Tulare County near Johnsondale, Calif. (AP Photo/California Department of Fish and Game)AP - National forests and parks — long popular with Mexican marijuana-growing cartels — have become home to some of the most polluted pockets of wilderness in America because of the toxic chemicals needed to eke lucrative harvests from rocky mountainsides, federal officials said.


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